SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARDS
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| Sahitya Academy Award |
Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is the central institution for literary dialogue, publication and promotion in the country and the only institution that undertakes literary activities in 24 Indian languages, including English. The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated by the Government of India on 12 March 1954.
Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi Award prizes to the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Akademi. The award amount, which was Rs.5,000 since inception, had been enhanced to Rs.10,000 from 1983, Rs.25,000 from 1988, Rs.40,000 from 2001, Rs.50,000 from 2003 and is now Rs.1,00,000 from 2009. The first Awards were given in 1955.
SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARDS 2018
| Language |
Title and Genre
|
Author |
| Assamese |
Kailoir
Dinto Amar Hobo (Poetry) |
Sananta Tanti |
| Bengali |
Srikrishner
Sesh Kata Din (Story) |
Sanjib
Chattopadhyay |
| Bodo |
Dwngse
Lama (Short Stories) |
Rituraj
Basumatary |
| Dogri |
Bhagirath
(Novel) |
Inderjeet
Kesar |
| English |
The Blind
Lady's Descendants (Novel) |
Anees Salim |
| Gujarati |
Vibhajanni
Vyatha (Essays) |
Sharifa
Vijliwala |
| Hindi |
Post Box
No. 203 - Naala Sopara (Novel) |
Chitra Mudgal |
| Kannada |
Anushreni-Yajamanike
(Literary Criticism) |
K.G.
Nagarajappa |
| Kashmiri |
Aakh
(Short Stories) |
Mushtaq Ahmad
Mushtaq |
| Konkani |
Chitralipi
(Poetry) |
Paresh
Narendra Kamat |
| Maithili |
Parineela
(Short Stories) |
Bina Thakur |
| Malayalam |
Gurupournami
(Poetry) |
S. Ramesan
Nair |
| Manipuri |
Ngamkheigee
Wangmada (Short Stories) |
Budhichandra
Heisnamba |
| Marathi |
Sarjanprerana
ani Kavitwashodh (Literary
Criticism) |
Ma. Su. Patil |
| Nepali |
Kina Royeu
Upamaa (Short Stories) |
Lok Nath
Upadhyay Chapagain |
| Odia |
Prasanga
Puruna Bhabana Nua (literary
Criticism) |
Dasarathi Das |
| Punjabi |
Kane Oa
Suraj (Poetry) |
Mohanjit |
| Rajasthani |
Kavita
Devai Deeth (Poetry) |
Rajesh Kumar
Vyas |
| Sanskrit |
Mama
Janani (Poetry) |
Rama Kant
Shukla |
| Santhali |
Marom
(Novel) |
Shyam Besra
'Jiwi Rarec' |
| Sindhi |
Jia Mein
Taandaa (Poetry) |
Khiman U.
Mulani |
| Tamil |
Sanchaaram
(Novel) |
S.
Ramakrishnan |
| Telugu |
Vimarshini
(Essays) |
Kolakaluri
Enoch |
| Urdu |
Rohzin
(Novel) |
Rahman Abbas |
Source: http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in, https://knowindia.gov.in

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